Deckers Outdoor Corporation a global leader in designing, marketing, and distributing innovative footwear, apparel and accessories, announced financial results for the first quarter ended June 30, 2014. First Quarter Fiscal Year 2015 ...
The National Retail Federation lowered its retail sales forecast for 2014 because of slow growth recorded during the first half of the year, but said sales are expected to grow significantly faster over the next five months. NRF forecasted ...
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Congress government in the US has introduced a new bill, 'Ban Poisonous Additives Act of 2014', to ban the usage of toxic bisephenol-A (BPA) in food packaging, citing its role in disrupting hormones especially in elderly, pregnant women, ...
UK-based AkzoNobel Packaging Coatings has announced plans to sell its Pure-Flex flexible packaging adhesives and ink media business to Polytech International for an undisclosed value. According to the company, its flexible packaging ...
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Corrugated packaging company Smurfit Kappa has partnered with ESTL, a Belgium-based provider of delivery services, to provide customers with packaging, transport, security and logistics solutions. According to Smurfit Kappa, around 4% ...
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Veeco Instruments Inc of Plainview, NY, USA has formed a strategic partnership with Rudolph Technologies Inc of Flanders, NJ, USA, which provides defect inspection, process control metrology, and data analysis systems and software. The ...
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General Motors is set to initiate six new safety recalls involving 8.4 million cars, including 7.6 million in the US, over ignition switch defects. The recall affects vehicles manufactured between 1997 and 2014, the company said. ...
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ACCC calls to 'reinvigorate' Australia's competition policy The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has provided a submission to the Harper Review of competition policy, calling for a 'reinvigoration of Australia's ...
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Financed by the Cancer Research UK charity, University College London was able to successfully complete a landmark 5-year, cross sectional survey that confirmed electronic cigarette efficiency over conventional Nicotine Replacement Therapy ...
US-based Kraft Foods Group is voluntarily recalling 260 cases of Velveeta Original Pasteurized Recipe Cheese Product as it does not contain appropriate levels of sorbic acid, a preservative ingredient. As a result, the product could spoil ...
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General Motors (GM) has recalled about 3.16 million vehicles in the US to rework or replace the ignition keys that are reported to move out of the run position inadvertently. The recall affects cars 3,360,555 vehicles with model year ...
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Consumers using social media while dining out moves into the mainstream in the US Any social media feed is likely to be dominated by a core group of consistent regulars: babies, weddings, pets and food. Posting food pictures has gone ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final risk assessment for trichloroethylene (TCE). The assessment identified health risks from TCE exposures to consumers using spray aerosol degreasers and spray fixatives. ...
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Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a final risk assessment for trichloroethylene (TCE). The assessment identified health risks from TCE exposures to consumers using spray aerosol degreasers and spray fixatives. ...
Tags: Certification, EPA, Service